“I don't think India has the force size to threaten China at the moment.”

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IMAGES: Satellite view from India's Siliguri Bagdogra Airport

China's military READY for all-out war

An inside view of the Chinese military over 120 years.

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Soldiers arrive for a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

China and India faced off last year in a tense military standoff on the Doklam Plateau on the disputed Line of Actual Control in the Himalayas.

The plateau lies at a junction between China and the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim and the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

The land is currently disputed between Beijing and Bhutan. India supports Bhutan's claim over it.

While tensions have calmed since then, both sides continue to build up their ground forces at the inhospitable terrain.